Cracked Turkey Eggs... What to do?

[kambrose]

I got a shipment yesterday of 6 turkey eggs. 3 of them were cracked.

1 had a slight crack line and noticed dried egg goo but very slight.

2nd was pretty cracked but I couldnt see any sign of it leaking.

3rd was a mess. cracks everywhere. and I felt liquid.

I heard you can put candle wax on them. So I put wax on all 3 hoping to save them. I am waiting on a few more so right now they are in my incubator with the lid off and the rotators on.

Was this ok to do? What are your opinions and experience been like with this?
Thanks!

 

[feedman77]

As far as cracks. Not sure about that.

But on shipped eggs I don't turn for at least 7 days to allow air cell to settle. Thats wheter they are incubating or waiting on more eggs.

 

[kambrose]

Bump

 

[WalnutHill]

I got a shipment yesterday of 6 turkey eggs. 3 of them were cracked.

1 had a slight crack line and noticed dried egg goo but very slight.

2nd was pretty cracked but I couldnt see any sign of it leaking.

3rd was a mess. cracks everywhere. and I felt liquid.

I heard you can put candle wax on them. So I put wax on all 3 hoping to save them. I am waiting on a few more so right now they are in my incubator with the lid off and the rotators on.

Was this ok to do? What are your opinions and experience been like with this?
Thanks!

The one with goo, toss it.

The second one, watch it.

The third one, if the liquid was from this egg, toss it.

I have a turkey egg that I set with a dime sized hole and a half dollar sized area of star cracks near the air cell. The membrane was intact and only a small chip of shell was actually missing. I sealed it completely with several coats of nail polish and it's right on track at day 21. I keep it front and center in front of the incubator window so I can see it clearly. Any sign of ooze and it's gone.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

^ x2. If any of them are leaking, get rid of them. When I crack my turkey eggs for eating, the inner membrane is a bear to get through, I have to cut it with a knife. If yours took a hard enough hit for the contents to leak out, they took a serious beating and the likelihood of them hatching is slim to none.

 

[kambrose]

Ok, now my question is why is it bad if I see leakage?
Is fixing it with wax not good enough?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

If the egg has cracked enough to leak, there's a good chance that bacteria has been introduced to the contents inside the shell. Pop that egg into the incubator, those bacteria flourish in that warm, moist environment. Then BAM, a nasty stinky egg explodes inside your 'bator and ruins your entire hatch. Well, maybe Not too mention, that a hit that hard might have scrambled the insides anyway. Turkey eggs aren't the easiest to crack.

If you must put them in, then go ahead. But, if I were you, I'd be sniff testing those bad boys every day...

 

[BethanyS]

i wouldnt risk using an egg with ANY damage.Its sad when things get complicated.... you dont want to end up with a sick or deformed chick if it does actually manage to hatch or risk a leaky egg and germs in the bator.I know the want for chicks it tempting but it may not be worth the risk.

 

[kambrose]

oh this makes me sad. I did toss the goo ones. The guy I got them from is sending some more. So hopefully these next ones do ok!

Thank u guys!